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An IHS teardown of the iPhone 6S Plus has revealed that it costs Apple $16 more to build than the earlier iPhone 6 Plus. The bill of materials (BOM) for a 16GB version is $231.50. Basic manufacturing costs raise the total cost to construct the phone to $236. An unsubsidised iPhone 6S is $650, while … Read more
PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in August. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Epson had a pair of best-selling 4,000+ lumen models: the Powerlite G6770WU in first place, and Powerlite 1985WU in fourth. Sony also had two projectors in this segment: … Read more
AVM Ltd is now offering customers the Christie Roadster HD20k-J and Roadster WU20k-J for £36,000 ($54,685) to trade customers: 45% lower than the original price of £65,000 ($98,730), ex VAT. The EG9100 curved OLED TV, from LG, is now being shipped. It is the successor to 2014’s EC9300, with WebOS 2.0 and support for HEVC … Read more
Sahara and Clevertouch entered and were shortlisted for four UK AV Awards this year, which were presented last week. The companies won two of these: Outstanding Contribution to the Industry and Manufacturer of the Year for Sahara. Clevertouch’s Clevertouch Plus product, meanwhile, was Highly Commended in the Display Product of the Year category.
New notebooks and AIO desktops have been released in HP’s Elite family. Focusing on reliability and durability, for mobile workers, the products are designed to pass MIL-SPEC 810G testing (still pending at time of writing) and more than 12,000 hours of HP’s own Total Testing Process. The Elitebook 705 G3 series consists of three models, … Read more
According to the latest data from PMA1, for Q2 2015 Acer has reached a record high market share of 8% worldwide and 17.8% in EMEA2, positioning Acer as the third largest projector brand worldwide and No.1 DLP brand in EMEA. In regards to shipments in Q2 2015, Acer is the highest growing projector brand among … Read more
SES’s UltraHD demo channel is now live in the UK, via the Freesat platform.
Google, with partners Huawei and LG, has released two new flagship smartphones. The Nexus 5X, made by LG, is similar to the older Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, while the Nexus 6P (made by Huawei) is the phablet-style successor to the Nexus 6. This represents Google’s first dual-flagship smartphone launch. The Nexus 5X has a … Read more
The recent London Design Festival held an installation called the Dispertion, which was constructed using LG Chem’s OLED lighting panels. Built by Blackbody, the installation used 550 square panels, as well as some circular units.
Iiyama has developed new large-format Prolite displays with integrated media players. Intended to be affordable, they can play media directly from a USB stick or from a network. The four displays are the LE3240S-B1 (32″), LE4340S-B1 (43″), LE4840S-B1 (48″) and LE5540S-B1 (55″). They are designed as kiosk and information displays, for public signage as well … Read more
Google has confirmed that the rollout of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) will begin next week. The software is being made available first on the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P (Google Learns from Competition With Dual Flagships). It will also be available to download on the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9 and Nexus … Read more
An infographic by Broadcast Networks Europe has shown the importance of the DTT platform to Europe’s ‘Digital Single Market’. The graphic points out that there are 2,000 channels and 50% of all Europeans used the platform, while there is 95% to 98% coverage. BNE estimates that the cost of replacing DTT would be €38 billion, … Read more
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